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Please join me for a special 20-year commemorative look at the fall of the Berlin Wall, the triumph of liberty, and the "change" we'd better believe we're in. Live at 3pmE/2pmTX/NoonP, archived afterward here, and also available on iTunes as a podcast. Call-in number: (347) 327-9710 Unspun with AnnaZIndependent Radio for the Independent Spirit

Discussions today will cover the Fort Hood carnage as well as other aspects of US reactions to homegrown and worldwide jihad. Plus, the Tea Party Express rolls into Austin as the fight for America's meaning continues. Live today at 3pmE/2pmTX/NoonP Call-in Number: (347) 327-9710 Also available afterward on iTunes as a podcast and at Blog Talk Radio Unspun with AnnaZIndependent Radio for the Independent Spirit.

On your TV and at your front door, you'll support the agenda, and you'll like it. Covering: The Pledge canvassing training video, the Obama/networks leaked memo, Kook Of The Week Anita Dunn, and Rush Limbaugh. Call in! (347) 327-9710

Live Today at 3pmE/NoonP ::: Vainglorious Basterds The Media, Celebrity, and The PTB 10/9/09 - Unspun with AnnaZ/ BlogTalkRadio It's a little creepy when big media and celebrities start parroting the state party-line, but not unprecedented. Let's be grateful that, at least for now, we can still laugh at all of this. It's outrageous, sure... but still eminently mockable. (+ Lots of love for Tarantino and OMG Obama won the Nobel.) Call-in Number: (347) 327-9710 Vainglorious Basterds The Media Celebrity and The Powers That Be 10/9/2009 - Unspun with AnnaZ on Blog Talk Radio

Celebrities... What Don't They Know? Today we'll have some fun discussing the brilliance and projection of celebrity utterances... from Michael Moore to Polanski's defenders and David Letterman. Plus some followups on ACORN, the New York Times, and Czarmania. Call in! Call-in Number: (347) 327-9710 Upcoming Episodes10/9/2009 3:00PM/E - Rays of Light from Zo Nation Unspun with AnnaZ on Blog Talk Radio

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The Lies and Selective Outrage of the Ostrich Media Call-in Number: (347) 327-9710

Well, after almost 5 years of hiatus I decided to shake myself out of the mothballs. Also, I was getting a little tired of muttering news-induced obscenities to myself and searching frantically for my bottle of crazy pills. (I'm all out.) Thus... Unspun with AnnaZ on Blog Talk Radio(also available as podcasts on iTunes!) I did a 30-minute test show with a speaker phone ("primitive talk radio") last week and had so much fun we got new equipment and thought I'd go official. This week... Hugo Chávez and Us ::: Why Venezuela MattersDescription: I lived in Caracas during Hugo...

This short documentary is a little over 12 minutes long, but it has been split into two 6+ minute parts in order to fit YouTube parameters. This is its description: From "the rant" to the rallies, this documentary covers the national Tea Party movement from its inspiration to its future mandate. Featuring Texas Governor Rick Perry and Ted Nugent. Part One Part Two

Watch it here.

Austin Texas Tea Party Photos

HAPPY BIRTHDAY INDIGO!!! Indigo and his Mother, AnnaZ at the Treasure Island hotel in Las Vegas (for the FRiva conference, August 2002) Indigo and his older brother Hamlet

This can be either a commiseration thread, or an action thread. I'm completely miserable about Fred Thompson's withdrawal from the campaign. Just flat-out depressed. On top of that, I just can't believe the sort of tacit acceptance we've all had regarding Fred's departure from the race. Not only am I complete flabbergasted that he quit, I'm amazed at how quickly we've resigned ourselves to it. Isn't this the guy we begged for in the first place? So there you have it... console or inspire. ~A~

"If Darkness Can Dawn" One of the many great things about being a dedicated Mark Steyn column connoisseur is the reduced waiting time between fixes -- in an all-the-world's-news-can-be-your-news world, the "one man global content provider" certainly churns them out with a breath-taking rapidity, and whether the publisher is in Canada or Australia, the United States or the United Kingdom, the faithful reader need not be in any of them, yet enjoy the fruits of all. I do not how he possibly managed to still knock out a book, but he has, and consider this reader knocked out too. The...

   When it comes to the War on Terror (and Bush and Condi and Rumsfeld...) oh-so-many people are experts, and everyone's a critic. Oh, of course it's usually couched as concern-with-furrowed-brows, but the upshot is the same and you'd have to be a fool today to see anything more benign than a spite-filled desire for America's demise. Jay Leno, a week or so back, while on the topic of the capture of suicide-liquibombs-on-planes planners, quipped in his opening monologue: "British authorities said they were able to detect the terrorist plot using a surveillance program that the "New York Times” hadn’t...

Thursday, October 20, 2005 SP filmmakers showcase a conservative Hollywoodarts: Mostly unknown movies are on the bill for this weekend's Liberty Film Festival in West Hollywood.By Nick Green Daily Breeze "We the Living," a rarely seen 1942 Italian black-and-white film based on a book by teen-favorite novelist Ayn Rand, tells the tale of two young lovers who fight against conformity in communist Russia. A series of Kurdish shorts from the inaugural Iraqi Film Festival -- film production was virtually banned under the tyranny of former president Saddam Hussein -- explores the rejection of violence and terrorism.And "Brainwashing 201: The...

.10/14/2005 ALERT: Larry Elder, Ted Hayes and Director Hal Needham to Speak at Liberty Film Festival Filed under: General— Jason @ 11:58 am Larry Elder.We’re pleased to announce that national talk show host Larry Elder will be speaking at this year’s Liberty Film Festival. Larry will be introducing Nina May’s film Emancipation, Revelation, Revolution, which is about the role of the Republican Party in the Civil Rights movement and in ending slavery. Nina’s extraordinary new documentary will be showing on Saturday, October 22nd at 1:30PM at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Tickets for this great event are selling...

MIDI - AMERICA Anna bought bubbly...today is a big celebration She swore an oath to the land she loves Answering the questions asked of her She thanks her God above Today she says, "I'm an American" Some who are born here take what they've been given for granted They are mistaken that freedom is free That will not happen with our AnnaZ...and Today she says, "I'm an American" Now she's set to vote...in the next election Those with a (D) by their name, well, do not count on her She swears unlike Canada we won't be socialistic It's been...

Now posted on www.hipsocket.tv: Hipsocket Productions in association withThirdPlanet.tv presents Sealed for Your ProtectionIn the latter 20th century, the American Civil Liberties Union — a group of dubious origins and a peculiar view of freedom — seemed to march unimpeded over some of America's most cherished traditions. As a new century seeks its guiding philosophy, will latter day experiences enlighten the journey, or, well, as John W. Campbell put it...“History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, ‘Can't you remember anything I told you?’, and lets fly with a club.” A visual Unspun with AnnaZExecutive producer: Bjorn T....

<p>With the help of some really magnanimous people -- most specifically the generous and talented Jeffers M. Dodge -- I managed to revisit my Unspun ways.</p> <p>Hope you enjoy it!</p>

    Unspun with AnnaZ January 8th, 2004 -- 10pmE/7pmP         with Special Guest Hostess incindiary!       The Jesus Hour           with special guest   author Ryan Dobson the Unspun 2003 Book Title Award Winner for         Be Intolerant Because Some Things Are Just Stupid                   Tune in. Call in.       1-866-RADIOFR         CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya, the complacency will.    ...

Unspun with AnnaZ (& 'Feinie') - w/ guest Bob Schindler, Jr., brother of Terri Schindler-Schiavo.   Thurs. Sept. 4,  2003,   Rough transcription - minus the first few questions and using a scratchy tape - beginning, sorry. Time is short. (Terri 'collapsed' at age 26, in 1991)   A: What is your belief about what caused this collapse?   B: Well, at the time, we weren't certain. I didn't suspect that her husband could possibly be behind it.  We were all very concerned with her well being, but it wasn't until recently - last year - that some very disturbing, troubling, medical evidence surfaced -...

Thursday, November 68pm (eastern) The American Way with MH King10pm (eastern) Unspun w/AnnaZ and DiotimaTonight's theme: "We Make It Up"Call in at 1-866-RADIOFR (723-4637)Listen LiveChatRadio Free Republic

 You are cordially invited to join AnnaZ and Diotima for a very special Halloween Unspun! (10/30)10pm Eastern/7pm PacificVery special guest: Gary BauerCampaign for Working Families and American Values author of Doing Things RightTune in and hear terrifying stories about: LIBERAL INSANITY!!!  

    Unspun with AnnaZOctober 16th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP    with Special Guest Hostess Diotima!             featuring an Interview with  Victor Davis Hanson  http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson-archive.asp                 CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.               Brought to you by The FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK     New RadioFR website!     Click HERE for the LIVE chat room!     Click HERE for the RadioFR Archives!     Click HERE for the...

    Unspun with AnnaZOctober 9th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess Feinie!           Wake-Up Call!      with special guests     columnist Sarah Foster       and       author Matthew Bracken (aka FR's "Travis McGee")       Plus Bone-headed Lie-beral Quotes and the new Sludge Award       (no, you really can't make this stuff up.)         CALL IN!   1-866-RADIOFR         CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the...

    Unspun with AnnaZOctober 2nd, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess Diotima!           Campaign 2004 Is Officially Underway       Join us tonight as we discuss the "October Surprises" launched upon Rush and Arnold and expound on the real news... (y'know, that non-tabloid-esque stuff that the media is supposed to be covering.)     Plus Bone-headed Lie-beral Quotes   (no, you really can't make this stuff up.)         CALL IN!   1-866-RADIOFR         CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE            ...

    Unspun with AnnaZSeptember 25th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess Diotima!           Second Anna-versary!           with special guest, (who was also the first guest!)         Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson of B.O.N.D.           CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.             Brought to you by The FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK     New RadioFR website!     Click HERE for the LIVE chat room!...

    Unspun with AnnaZSeptember 18th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess Diotima!           Affirmative Distraction           with special guest   Attorney Sharon Matthew of Pacific Legal Foundation       CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.             Brought to you by The FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK     New RadioFR website!     Click HERE for the LIVE chat room!     Click HERE for the RadioFR Archives!    ...

    Unspun with AnnaZSeptember 11th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess Diotima!           A 9/11 Special   with one of our favorite guests     columnist and author Julia Gorin   She's back from Israel and live from New York City                 CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.             Brought to you by The FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK     New RadioFR website!     Click HERE...

    Unspun with AnnaZSeptember 4th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess Feinie!           Terri's Fight (...it's for her life.)             Bob Schindler, Jr. joins us tonight       http://www.terrisfight.org/lead.htm         If you aren't already seething over this one, you really haven't been paying attention.                CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.             Brought to you by The...

    Unspun with AnnaZJuly 21st, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess "Feinie"   Live and Double-Barreled     We'll be "live on location" at "ATF Night" in Culver City, CA as the Liberty Belles host a fun, and perhaps even informative, evening.     Guests include Second Amendment Attorney Gary Gorski "Taking It To Supremes"SILVEIRA VS. LOCKYER     and     Dr. John Lott, Jr Author and Resident Scholar at The American Enterprise Institute   The Bias Against Guns by John Lott           CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE         1-866-RADIOFR  ...

    Unspun with AnnaZJuly 14th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess Diotima   Crimes of Passion     2000 years later, Jesus is still stirring up trouble.   Join us as we discuss the maelstrom over Mel Gibson's unreleased film Passion and speak with   Ted Padwe of Promise Keepers about the fight to bring the Gospel to Marion.               CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             1-866-RADIOFR   Tune in. Call in. 1-866-RADIOFR   Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.    ...

      This ThursdayJuly 31st, 2003 ~ 10pmE/7pmP with Guest Hostess"Feinie!" EDUMUCAYSHUN,MUSH IN THE MAKIN' Sissy JochmannofThe Conservative Educator's Caucuswill discuss her latest heroic pursuits and Izzy Lymanwill dicuss her book Plusas always CRB'sandBone-headed Lieberals (...because you just can't make this stuff up.)             1-866-RADIOFR     Tune in. Call in.         CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.      

    This ThursdayJuly 24th, 2003 ~ 10pmE/7pmP with Guest HostessDiotima "Of Bias and Babes"   Matthew ScheffieldofRatherBiased.comdiscusses SeeBS's latest scandalous behavior and Tom SchneiderofJerseyGOP.comwill discuss the latest Republican Babes(and other less frivolous things, maybe) Plusas always CRB'sandBone-headed Lieberals (...because you just can't make this stuff up.)             1-866-RADIOFR     Tune in. Call in.         CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.    

Thursday July 17 @ 10pm eastern, 7pm pacific: UNSPUN   W/ ANNAZ and Guest Hostess Diotima Special Guest ANN COULTER

      Unspun with AnnaZJune 19th, 2003 -- 7pmP/10pmE     with Special Guest Hostess Feinswinesuksass     this week..."Buddy Chronicler"(and Jewish World Review contributor)Julia Gorinhttp://www.jewishworldreview.com/julia/gorin.html Feature: Remembering the Clintons' Dog   Plus as always Boneheaded Lie-beral Quotes and this week's CRB CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE 1-866-RADIOFR Tune in. Call in. Because if the apathy don't get ya, the complacency will.               Brought to you by The FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK     Click HERE for the LIVE chat room!     Click HERE for the RadioFR Archives!     Click HERE for...

Next show: 6pmP/9pmE - 8pmP/11pmEMay 8th, 2003 w/Special Guest Hostess Diotima This week's guest: Dr. John Lott, Jr. Resident Scholar at The American Enterprise Institute Articles by John Lott The Bias Against Guns by John Lott Plusas alwaysCRBs&Bone-headed Lie-beral Quotes...because you just can't make this stuff up. And... your calls!     CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE     Tune in. Call in. 1-866-RADIOFR Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.            Brought to you by The FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK     Click HERE for the LIVE chat room!     Click HERE for the RadioFR...

  Republican BABE of the Week!Beauty and Brains Competition Winner<< View Last Week's Babe: Amy Holmes! Anna Zetchus Raetz Anna Zetchus Raetz is a wife, mother, filmmaker (Tailing the Millennium), writer, and national spokeswoman for Liberty Belles. Her Internet radio program, Unspun, can be heard on The Other Radio Network. Suggest a Republican Woman for "Republican Babe of the Week" Here! Republican Women Links:CapitalistChicks.comhttp://www.capitalistchicks.com National Federation of Republican Womenhttp://www.nfrw.orgSecond Amendment Sisters http://www.sas-aim.org/ ConservaChicks.com http://www.conservachicks.com/chickindex/Page_1x.html Independent Women's Forumhttp://www.iwf.org/Winning Women http://www.winningwomen.org/    

  ON THE NEXT UNSPUN...   TUESDAY, November 12, 2002 9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. EST / 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. PST...   A [VETERAN'S] DAY LATE... WHERE'S MY DOLLAR?   We celebrate Veterans Day focusing on heroes (and rogues) past and present with two special guests...   PAXTON QUIGLEY Author of Armed and Female and Not An Easy Target and STANLEY WEISLEDER Author of The Black Eagles   CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE!!

Liberty Belles on The Rob Nelson Show ============================== NEWS FROM LIBERTY BELLES P.O. Box 55 Culver City, CA 90232 World Wide Web: http://www.libertybelles.org ============================== FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 2002 ============================== For additional information, contact Liberty Belles, Media and Public Relations E-mail: feedback@liberty-belles.org ============================== CULVER CITY, CA - Liberty Belles, a non-profit organization dedicated to education, promotion, and active support of the inalienable human right of self-preservation through our Second Amendment, is scheduled to be featured on The Rob Nelson Show on Friday, November 8, 2002, to be broadcast nationally on local Fox networks. Check your local listings here."It...

Greetings! Don’t miss Anna Z on the Mark Scott Show Thursday, October 3rd at 10 a.m. Eastern time! Anna will be talking about the Liberty Belles and women’s roles in supporting the Second Amendment. The Mark Scott Show is broadcast live over the internet. You can listen to the show by going to his website at: www.markscottshow.com Thank you for your support! In Freedom, Jennifer and Joe P.S. Are you registered to vote? Your vote can make a difference between whether or not we strengthen our weaken the Second Amendment in the coming years. You can download a voter register...

Tired of getting your shorts caught in the spin cycle? AnnaZ is ready to haul 'em out!(with the encouragement of Mercuria, ever-faithful Second Banana.)   Unspun with AnnaZ is currently aired once a month on THE OTHER RADIO NETWORK (courtesy of Radio Free Republic!). The search for truth above the din of politically-correct media Newspeak and political doubletalk is the goal. Tune in if you are ready to witness the unspinning of common urban legends such as: "We're from the government, and we're here to help.""It takes a village." "Gun control saves lives." "Diversity is our strength." "We're a...

Tired of getting your shorts caught in the spin cycle? AnnaZ is ready to haul 'em out!(with the encouragement of Mercuria, ever-faithful Second Banana.)   Unspun with AnnaZ is currently aired once a month on THE OTHER RADIO NETWORK (courtesy of Radio Free Republic!). The search for truth above the din of politically-correct media Newspeak and political doubletalk is the goal. Tune in if you are ready to witness the unspinning of common urban legends such as: "We're from the government, and we're here to help.""It takes a village." "Gun control saves lives." "Diversity is our strength." "We're a...

Liberty Belles Ring Out for .50s The .50 caliber rifle is the largest firearm that civilians may legally possess. Averaging 34-50 inches in overall length and 25-35 pounds in overall weight, this firearm serves only one civilian purpose - sport. Bench rest, competition marksmanship to be exact. And if you've never tried it, you don't know what you're missing.Fifty-caliber marksmanship is a very precise, specialized sport. Fifty-caliber shooters take every aspect of the firearm and ammunition into consideration in order to maximize their marksmanship skills. Shooters are very technical and have a thorough understanding of every aspect of the...

Liberty Belles Spokeswoman at L.A. Harbor College Forum on May 15 with Tammy Bruce, former CA President of NOW Entitled "Free Speech and Free Minds", the forum is sponsored by Students For Individual Liberty. Anna Zetchus Raetz, national spokeswoman for Liberty Belles, will be focusing on "Unity and the Individual", and will include points on liberties afforded by the Second Amendment. Read the press release here for more info. http://www.libertybelles.org/pressreleases/pressreleases.htm

Tired of getting your shorts caught in the spin cycle? AnnaZ is ready to haul 'em out!(with the encouragement of Mercuria, ever-faithful Second Banana.)   Unspun with AnnaZ is currently aired once a month on THE OTHER RADIO NETWORK (courtesy of Radio Free Republic!). The search for truth above the din of politically-correct media Newspeak and political doubletalk is the goal. Tune in if you are ready to witness the unspinning of common urban legends such as: "We're from the government, and we're here to help.""It takes a village." "Gun control saves lives." "Diversity is our strength." "We're a...

Tired of getting your shorts caught in the spin cycle? AnnaZ is ready to haul 'em out!(with the encouragement of Mercuria, ever-faithful Second Banana.)   Unspun with AnnaZ is currently aired once a month on THE OTHER RADIO NETWORK (courtesy of Radio Free Republic!). The search for truth above the din of politically-correct media Newspeak and political doubletalk is the goal. Tune in if you are ready to witness the unspinning of common urban legends such as: "We're from the government, and we're here to help.""It takes a village." "Gun control saves lives." "Diversity is our strength." "We're a...

Tired of getting your shorts caught in the spin cycle? AnnaZ is ready to haul 'em out!(with the encouragement of Mercuria, ever-faithful Second Banana.)   Unspun with AnnaZ is currently aired once a month on THE OTHER RADIO NETWORK (courtesy of Radio Free Republic!). The search for truth above the din of politically-correct media Newspeak and political doubletalk is the goal. Tune in if you are ready to witness the unspinning of common urban legends such as: "We're from the government, and we're here to help.""It takes a village." "Gun control saves lives." "Diversity is our strength." "We're a...

TKO-Liberty Belles Trounce "Million Moms" by M. Hollenbeck You would think that a forum being held at a college in Los Angeles (arguably, but hardly so, Gun Control Capitol of the West) with the topic "Gun Ownership vs. Gun Control - Which Is Safer?" would present a safe haven for the emotional rhetoric of gun-controllers like Charles Blek and impressionable youngsters like Jennifer Mendoza. However, when a debate is sponsored by a Libertarian group such as Students For Individual Liberty, the emotionalism that works so well with the gun-control True Believers and collegiate skulls full of mush is just so...